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Mo kyrka

Address
FRESSLAND 39, 457 51, Bullaren
Municipality
Tanums Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Göteborg

Mo kyrka is a parish church on the western shore of Södra Bullaresjön in Tanums kommun, serving Naverstad-Mo parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. Its plain timber exterior conceals a surprisingly old font and two medieval wooden sculptures.



The present church was built in 1664 from spruce timber, with a wooden tower to the west. It replaced an earlier chapel that had stood on the lake's eastern side, between Liveröd and Ramtveten (sources differ slightly on the precise location, one describing it as at Ramtvetsmon), which was abandoned once the new building was completed. The long nave has a narrower chancel and a screened-off sacristy to the east, with a tiled roof hipped over the chancel and a barrel-vaulted ceiling inside.

A thorough repair in 1893 saw many older fixtures thoughtlessly discarded, a loss later restorations could not undo. Fortunately a few older treasures survived. The soapstone font dates from around 1240 to 1280 and is worked in three parts, its six-lobed basin decorated with arcaded panels and trefoil arches, standing on a foot carved with twelve shallow rounded fields. Also surviving are two wooden sculptures from the 1200s: a larger figure of the archangel Michael trampling the dragon underfoot, and a smaller Madonna and Child.

The pulpit, still in use, was donated in 1731 along with an earlier altarpiece by Johan Baptista Pinello of Svarteborg parish (recorded variously as a lieutenant colonel or captain). That altarpiece has since been replaced by a 1968 painting by Joël Mila depicting the miracle of the feeding of the multitude, showing Christ distributing five barley loaves.

A further extensive restoration took place in 1956, when the tower spire was given its current form and the original log walls of the interior were uncovered, revealing the building's timber construction beneath later plasterwork.

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Mo kyrka

Mo kyrka is a parish church on the western shore of Södra Bullaresjön in Tanums kommun, serving Naverstad-Mo parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. Its plain timber exterior conceals a surprisingly old font and two medieval wooden sculptures.

FRESSLAND 39, 457 51, Bullaren

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Provider catalogue data: Svenska kyrkan, Platser, CC BY 4.0. Separately credited descriptions retain their stated source and licence terms. Catalogue and visiting data reformatted from the provider. The English guide combines and abridges separately credited sources below.

Provider record updated: 3 Sep 2024. This is not an independent verification date.

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